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Marc Bellamy
Marc Bellamy is an architect with a real estate developer’s instinct and a farmer’s patience. He uses these attributes to strengthen client relationships and reinforce PDR’s multi-dimensional role combining architectural design with business consulting. He assigns the best team and the clearest processes for every project, and sets the pace, encourages creativity, and grows leadership abilities among project teams.
Building high-performing teams of diverse experts has been the hallmark of Marc’s career, supported by his belief that many minds, many hands, and many disciplines are behind truly significant projects. Before joining PDR, Marc was tapped by Midway to manage the construction of the 40-acre CityCentre development, a highly successful mixed-use retail destination in Houston. As a developer, Marc gained a buyer’s perspective and, taking cues from what makes a town center thrive, Marc and his network of architects and consultants brought to life an engaging balance of spaces that encourage people to linger—to live, work, play, buy and be well.
Expanding from its Houston, Texas headquarters and an Austin office, Marc brings PDR’s uniquely integrated approach to the Dallas market. His ties to Dallas began years ago when he represented PDR as the program architect for Houston’s ExxonMobil Campus. Marc traveled to the energy giant’s Dallas headquarters every month for two years to communicate progress and return with decisions for every variety of design team contributing to the 14,000-person campus project. Marc represented a purpose-driven coalition of teams that drove the massive project forward to a successful launch. Thousands of people now benefit from their collective efforts.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
University of Houston
Interests
Favorite Food: Texas BBQ
Favorite Movie: Life is Beautiful
Favorite Activity: Hiking
Impact per square foot at any project scale is always on Marc’s mind. His article series, Dead Lobby Syndrome, identifies the lack of meaningful experience in conventional lobbies. His thought leadership led PDR to bridge workplace and hospitality design for clients such as Hines, Black Rock, Brookfield, Netrality, Spear Street, and Billingsley. Marc continues to serve as a reliable resource for the corporate real estate and development community with insights that link place-making and human-centric design to a product’s competitive edge.
Whether wooing a buyer or recruiting top talent, differentiation from competition is key. Marc’s recent projects with three major commodity traders in Houston beautifully illustrates the avoidance of one-size-fits-all solutions within a single industry and market. After defining each organization’s distinct workplace goals and benchmark the competitive landscape, Marc outlined guiding principles encompassing investment strategies and original, bespoke design solutions. From the first firm’s elegant and efficient outcome to the second’s pristine and forthright workplace, to the third’s display of high prestige, the results were ideally fit-for-purpose.
Marc’s interdisciplinary mindset as an architect-developer has allowed him to lead across nearly every industry: hospitality, financial, business consulting, legal, co-working, and energy. Beyond extraordinary spaces, Marc and his teams deliver a sincere promise: to work together, manage risk, create exceptional experiences, and celebrate success.